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- ↑ "Five Bronx nonprofits receive $380K in grants from The Heisman Trophy Trust". bxtimes.com. 18 March 2023.
- ↑ "TRANSCENDING BORDERS: SOUTH BRONX UNITED IN THE AGE OF TRUMP". inbedwithmaradona.com.
- ↑ "From Hong Kong to The Bronx: how Andrew So's South Bronx United is helping young immigrant footballers". scmp.com (Archived).
- ↑ "South Bronx United Brings Soccer, Study and Legal Help to Undocumented Teens". documentedny.com. 2 January 2019.
- ↑ "A teen from the Congo finds a new home on a South Bronx soccer team". Sports Illustrated. 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "South Bronx United, la scuola della strada". rivistaundici.com. 12 June 2022.
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